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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Lake Hawkins Dive Against Debris

19 September, 2020

Team Leader
Donna Johnson
Number of Participants
15
Total Debris Collected
450 lbs (estimated)

32.6116, -95.2580784

Survey Information

Location Name
Lake Hawkins Dive Against Debris
Organization/Dive Centre
Diver's Depot
City
Nacogdoches
Country
United States
Date
19 September, 2020
Survey Duration
300 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 32.6116
Longitude: -95.2580784
Weather Conditions
Cool nights, clear days,
Survey Depth Range
4–15 feet
Area Surveyed
1000 ft2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
fresh water lake. Some underwater growth present. Good area for young fish.
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 3
Bags: Trash (plastic) 3
Bait Containers, Packaging 5
Balls 4
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 5
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 232
Caps & Lids (plastic) 4
Cigarette Lighters 8
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 291
Fishing: Line 7
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 6
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 2
Food Wrappers (plastic) 13
Gloves (latex) 7
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 16
Straws, Stirrers 3
Plastic Fragments 17
Rope (plastic/nylon) 2
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 112
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1183
Metal Fragments 2
Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks 1
rubber materials collected
Inner-tubes & Rubber Sheets 1
Rubber Fragments 2
cloth materials collected
Bags (cloth) 3
Cloth Fragments 4
mixed materials collected
Clothing 21
Toys 16
other materials collected
sunglasses 21
vape pen 3
jewelry 4
concrete bucket 1
koozie 5
Entangled Animals
Other Fish
Species or Common Name Catfish
Number Entangled 5
Status released unharmed
Type of Debris beer can
Comments fish could not get out -diver cut can and fish swam out

Patrons to the city park enjoy the pristine water of Lake Hawkins by floating in tubes and drinking. They have dropped their trash and not brought it ashore.

Swim trunks and socks ???

beer cans


We really enjoyed kicking off AWARE week with an local cleanup. The day began at 8:30. We cleaned for about three hours and broke for lunch and a little recharge. After lunch, the team worked for about two more hours before calling it a day. There were 6-7 teams in the water and three full time volunteers working on land to catalog and bag the finds. The event also raised $150 which we will be donating to Project Aware this week.

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